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EEA
European Environment Agency
ELISA
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Eicosapentaenoic
ESI
Electrospray ionization
ETAAS
Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry
FID
Flame ionization detector
FS
Fluorescence spectroscopy
GC
Gas chromatography
GHG
Greenhouse gas
GLI
Global leachability index
GUS
Groundwater ubiquity score
GWCP
Groundwater contamination potential
HI
Hornsby index
HPLC
High-performance liquid chromatography
ICP–AES
Inductively coupled plasma – atomic emission spectrometry
ICP–MS
Inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry
IR
Infrared spectroscopy
IRMS
Isotope ratio spectrometry
LA
Linoleic acid
LC
Liquid chromatography
LDA
Linear discriminant analysis
LEACH
Leaching index
LIX
Screening leachability index
LLE
Liquid-liquid extraction
LOD
Limit of detection
LOQ
Limit of quantification
LPI
Leaching potential index
LSD
Least significant differences
MAC
Maximum permissible concentrations
MALDI
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
MS
Mass spectrometry
MSA
Multivariate statistical analysis
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
ORS
Octopole reaction system
PC
Principal components
PCA
Principal component analysis
PDA
Photodiode array
PDO
Protected designation of origin
PGI
Protected geographical indication
PLP
Pesticide leaching potential index
PTFE
Polytetrafluoroethylene
PTH
Parathyroid hormone
PTR-MS
Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry
RAF
Relative accumulation factors
List of Abbreviations